“More than anything, we want to be competitive,” Johnson said. “The ranking is great. Beating Purdue, that would be great, but we want to win this game because it’s a league game. It’s the next one at home.”
7 p.m., Thursday at Williams Arena
The No. 20 Boilermakers (9-4, 1-1 Big Ten) have a win vs. No. 2 Alabama on their resume, but they’re already one loss away from matching that total from the entire season last year. Big Ten preseason player of the year Braden Smith is coming off a 34-point, 12-assist game vs. Toledo. Post-Zach Edey, Purdue is led in the post by 6-9 Trey Kaufman-Renn, who averages 18.3 points and 6.5 rebounds this season.
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